The Japanese often refer to people of mixed descent as "haafu" (half). Not half-Japanese, or half-something, just half. It's as if they don't realize that the word half means hanbun (half-of-something). Maybe I should go around referring to Japanese as jyuubun, literally ten parts of something or whole. My life is rife with this. Or is it my rife is life with this?
Monday, October 24, 2011
"The Japan Syndrome"
In an article titled The Japan Syndrome Time Magazine talks about Japan's 20-year stagnation and the possibility of the West falling into the same hole. Food for thought. Let me eat and think. Post to follow later.
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